State roster

Top names in Wyoming

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Wyoming birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,050 Wyoming births in 1929 across 192 distinct names.

Distinctively Wyoming

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Wyoming more than they say America.

#60Bertoutside the national top 200
#86Patoutside the national top 200
#93Connieoutside the national top 200
#32Keith#138 nationally
#38Leslie#136 nationally
#92Colleen#186 nationally
#32Ramona#120 nationally
#45Dean#133 nationally
#95Faye#183 nationally
#76Darlene#160 nationally
#73Lyle#152 nationally
#70Franklin#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary106US #1
#2Betty100US #2
#3Barbara52US #7
#4Helen52US #4
#5Dorothy48US #3
#6Shirley47US #9
#7Margaret46US #5
#8Patricia32US #10
#9Donna28US #47
#10Lois28US #17
#11Doris27US #6
#12Ruth27US #8
#13Norma25US #25
#14Mildred21US #18
#15Alice20US #21
#16Jean20US #12
#17Beverly19US #39
#18Evelyn19US #19
#19Marjorie19US #30
#20Joan18US #13
#21Anna17US #20
#22Joyce17US #23
#23Virginia17US #11
#24Wilma15US #66
#25Catherine14US #34
#26Dolores14US #14
#27Frances14US #16
#28Carol13US #63
#29Elizabeth13US #15
#30Florence13US #35
#31Lillian13US #40
#32Ramona13US #120
#33Bonnie12US #86
#34Phyllis12US #24
#35Clara11US #65
#36Delores11US #74
#37Edith11US #59
#38Esther11US #71
#39Wanda11US #61
#40Bernice10US #55
#41Carolyn10US #77
#42Ethel10US #56
#43Josephine10US #45
#44Louise10US #31
#45Marilyn10US #33
#46Maxine10US #85
#47Rose10US #26
#48Charlotte9US #73
#49Edna9US #51
#50Eva9US #83
#51Georgia9US #115
#52Irene9US #29
#53June9US #48
#54Marian9US #75
#55Ruby9US #36
#56Vera9US #99
#57Anita8US #125
#58Geraldine8US #43
#59Gladys8US #44
#60Jacqueline8US #87
#61Marie8US #22
#62Pauline8US #50
#63Audrey7US #58
#64Bessie7US #107
#65Dora7US #141
#66Eleanor7US #38
#67Ellen7US #97
#68Emma7US #69
#69Jane7US #62
#70Katherine7US #84
#71Laura7US #90
#72Roberta7US #126
#73Violet7US #111
#74Alma6US #106
#75Arlene6US #105
#76Darlene6US #160
#77Elsie6US #78
#78Gertrude6US #95
#79Jeanne6US #92
#80Kathleen6US #89
#81Kathryn6US #104
#82Lorraine6US #42
#83Lucille6US #57
#84Maria6US #100
#85Opal6US #150
#86Pat6
#87Patsy6US #118
#88Peggy6US #70
#89Annie5US #37
#90Bertha5US #93
#91Billie5US #79
#92Colleen5US #186
#93Connie5
#94Ella5US #102
#95Faye5US #183
#96Gloria5US #28
#97Grace5US #54
#98Hazel5US #64
#99Ida5US #96
#100Jeannine5US #172

Boys

#1Robert137US #1
#2William101US #4
#3John88US #3
#4Donald73US #7
#5James64US #2
#6Charles58US #5
#7George51US #8
#8Jack50US #14
#9Richard46US #6
#10Frank39US #12
#11Kenneth30US #18
#12Harry28US #27
#13Raymond26US #15
#14Joseph24US #9
#15Thomas24US #11
#16Joe22US #30
#17Paul22US #13
#18David21US #17
#19Edward21US #10
#20Eugene19US #20
#21Arthur18US #22
#22Harold18US #16
#23Walter18US #19
#24Wayne18US #69
#25Gerald17US #33
#26Ralph17US #26
#27Dale15US #73
#28Ronald15US #45
#29Alfred14US #41
#30Bob14US #89
#31Fred14US #34
#32Keith14US #138
#33Roy14US #35
#34Albert13US #24
#35Bill13US #63
#36Billy13US #23
#37Howard13US #31
#38Leslie13US #136
#39Floyd12US #58
#40Lawrence12US #38
#41Edwin11US #66
#42Henry11US #21
#43Louis11US #32
#44Clarence10US #37
#45Dean10US #133
#46Don10US #78
#47Earl10US #36
#48Gene10US #68
#49Lloyd10US #62
#50Ray10US #57
#51Glen9US #123
#52Leonard9US #42
#53Leroy9US #51
#54Martin9US #83
#55Melvin9US #49
#56Vernon9US #71
#57Carl8US #28
#58Jim8US #132
#59Philip8US #76
#60Bert7
#61Bruce7US #112
#62Clifford7US #72
#63Ernest7US #43
#64Francis7US #39
#65Jerry7US #61
#66Marvin7US #46
#67Stanley7US #48
#68Bobby6US #50
#69Daniel6US #47
#70Franklin6US #148
#71Gordon6US #79
#72Lester6US #88
#73Lyle6US #152
#74Norman6US #40
#75Bernard5US #52
#76Calvin5US #109
#77Cecil5US #101
#78Clyde5US #74
#79Edgar5US #116
#80Homer5US #141
#81Jimmy5US #115
#82Jose5US #108
#83Leo5US #60
#84Manuel5US #111
#85Max5US #128
#86Patrick5US #121
#87Warren5US #92

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑53Catherine#25
↑45Bernice#40
↑42Ruby#55
↑40Wilma#24
↑39Ramona#32
↑36Leslie#38
↑35Keith#32
↑30Elizabeth#29

Falling

↓52Ella#94
↓46Lucille#83
↓41Elsie#77
↓40Peggy#88
↓37Max#85
↓35Kathryn#81
↓33Marvin#66
↓32Ida#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.